Hair waving protector



Feb. 26, 1935. w, H, DAVIS 1,992,357

' HAIR WAVING PROTECTOR Filed July 5, 1934 PatentedFeb. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,992,357 Ham wavmc rnomcron William H. B. Davis, San Francisco, Calm, as-

signor to United States Appliance'corporation, 1an Francisco, Calif., a corporation of Calio nia Application July 3, 1934, Serial No. 733,581 3 Claims. (Cl. 132-361) This invention relates generally to the conin cross-section, illustrating a suitable construcstruction of protectors such as are employed in 'o for each of the resilient gripping members. the waving of human hair.

l5 baking operation, and to grip the hair strand 14 for receiving the ends of acurler upon which 15 in spaced relationship therewith'by means of With protectors as they have been constructed pins 16 and 17.

in the past, particularly for croquignole waving, Part 11 is similarly formed of an underlying 20 the gripping surfaces are formed by strips of rigid bar 18 to which the plate 19 is secured by resilient rubber, formingapermanent part of the means of pins 21 and 22. Pin 21 serves as a structure. Such rubber strips are subject to pivot l nn ti n o h ms 23, Which in turn tion results in a loss of the desired grip upon the links 24 which are pivotally carried by Pin 22.

hair strand, thus rendering the entire protector The free ends 01' links 24 are pivotally connected ineificient or worthless for further use. to a cam locking lever 26. The corresponding 30 It is an object of the present invention to prof e end p rtion 25 of bar 12 is formed hOOkvide a protector 01' the type described above. haped to enable engagement by the cam locking which can be maintained in efflcient condition lever 26. I

over a long period of time. As will be presently h ripp n s rfac s for the wo lements 10 explained, the parts or members of the protector nd 11 are f med y th m mbers 27- Th s forming the resilient gripping surfaces can b members are preferably duplicates and can be 3 I from the following description in which the pre- Vided i h Outer. gh n d fa s 31, forming The wall 33 integrally connects the two side walls 33 11 gg fi i gg flflg a protector 29. The upper side of the body is provided with corporating the present invention the two longitudinal slit thereby forming two parts resilient flanges 36.1 These resilient flanges or of p q being. swung apart lips can be somewhat reinforced by integral rub- Fig. 2 1s a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the her pads 37 The resilient members 27 can be readily apus, as illustrated in Fig. 2, one member 27 Fig. 3 IS a cross-sectional detail taken along the being applied n t bar 12 by longitudinal ee g movement. During such applic ion the Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevational view, partly walls of member 2'! may be somewhat distorted,

the event these suriaces become as indicated, but when in final position extending between the pins 16 and 1'1, the member will assume its proper form, as indicated in Fig. 3 In applying a similar member to thebar 18 for element 11, it is necessary to first slip the member over links 24 and cam lock levers 26, while these elements are extended in line with the bar 18. Here again the member 2''! will be somewhat distorted as it passes over links 24 and levers 26, but when in final position between the pins 21 and 22 its original form will be assumed. Removal of members 2'1 can be accomplished by sliding movement or by applying sufficient twisting force to bend back one of the lips 36.

with the members 27 properly positioned upon the elements 10 and 11, opposed surfaces 31 will be afiorded which can be tightly clamped upon a strand of hair to afford an adequate grip. In

somewhat deteriorated, whereby the desired grip is not afforded, they can be readily removed and reversed, and then, after again being positioned upon the protector, new gripping surfaces are afforded. If both gripping surfaces of a member 2'7 become worn or deteriorated, a new member of like construction can be readily substituted.

It is apparent from the above that I have provided a protector which is capable of a long useful life and which may be readily maintained in good operating condition. In marketing devices of this character, the members 2'! can be sold as separate articles of manuiacture for the purpose of making replacements. It will be noted that these members not only afford a proper grip upon the hair strand, but also, in conjunction with theother parts of the protector, afford a certain amount of heat insulation to prevent transmission of an undue amount 01' heat to the insulation is desired, the lower covered by strips 38 of heat such as Ielt (Fig. 6).

I claim:

1. In a hair waving protector, a pair or elements adapted to be clamped together upon opposite sides of a strand of hair to be waved, one oi! said elements including an elongated bar, a plate overlying the bar and extending parallel thereto in spaced relationship, means serving to connect both ends of the bar to the plate, and a hair gripping member removably embracing the bar and being formed entirely of resilient material, said gripping member being slit longitudinally on its upper side for substantially the entire length of the same.

2. In a hair waving protector, a pair of elements adapted to be clamped upon opposite sides of a strand of hair to be waved, one of said elements including an elongated bar and an overlying plate, both ends of the plate being secured in spaced parallelism to the bar by pins, and a hollow hair gripping member of resilient material removably embracing the bar, said member being removable with respect to the bar and having hair gripping surfaces formed on its two opposite side faces, the upper face of the member being slit longitudinally for its entire length.

3. In a hair waving protector, a pair of elements adapted to be clamped upon opposite sides of a strand of hair to be waved, each of said eleelongated bar and an overlying plate, each plate being secured to its associated bar in spaced parallelism, and hair gripping members of resilient material embracing the bars, said members each having duplicate hair gripping surfaces on its oppos'te side faces and having its upper side slit for substantially its entire length, to enable application to said bars b gitudinal sliding movement and to enable removal from said bars.

- WILLIAM H. H. DAVIS. 

